Mario Montoya
Adjunct Professor
- University of New Mexico | MFA | Creative Writing
- University of New Mexico | BA | English-Creative Writing
- Central New Mexico Community College | AA | Liberal Arts - Creative Writing
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Rudolfo Anaya Fellowship Award, UNM English Department (May 2021)
APEX Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza (May 2020)
Transformar Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza (May 2020)
Compassionate Chronicles Grant, Words for Charity (June 2019)
Summa Academia Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza, UNM (May 2019)
3rd Place-Nonfiction Contest for “Use It or Lose It” The Santa Fe Reporter (December 2018)
MFA Program Teacher’s Assistantship , University of New Mexico (August 2018-May 2021)
Dean’s List of Honorable GPAs, The University of New Mexico (May 2017)Dean’s List of Honorable GPAs, The University of New Mexico (December 2017)Dean’s List of Honorable GPAs, The University of New Mexico (May 2016)
Mario Montoya is a teacher, writer, and MC, and the 2021 recipient of the Rudolfo Anaya Fellowship, honoring promising New Mexican authors. He’s a proud Burqueno (Albuquerque resident) where he received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico in July 2021. His work has appeared in books, anthologies, journals and websites. In 2021, his poem “Prayer for the Guilty” was published by Free Them All Poetry Series, next to the Spanish translation.
When he’s not teaching or writing, he’s doing Hip Hop or making tortillas. Or watching the Raiders lose while playing sad jazz on his record player when he should be grading.
FYEX 1030 - Critical Text Analysis (Fall 2024), FYEX 1110 - Success Starts Here (Fall 2023), CCST 370 - Chicana/o Cultural Studies (Fall 2024), CCST 2110 - Intro to Chicana/o Studies (Fall 2023 - Fall 2024), CCST 1110 - Intro to Chicana/o Studies (Fall 2022 - Fall 2024), ENGL 1110 - Composition I (Remote) (Spring 2021), ENGL 1110 - Street Knowledge: Exploring Hip Hop Culture Through Film (Remote) (Fall 2020), ENGL 2310 - Introduction to Creative Writing (Online) (Fall 2020), ENGL 2993 - Summer Bridge - Core Writing (Summer 2020), ENGL 2310 - Introduction to Creative Writing (Spring 2020), ENGL 1120 - eComp II (Online) (Spring 2020), ENGL 2120 - Intermediate Composition: Hip Hop, A Cultural Phenomenon (Fall 2019), ENGL 1120 - Composition/ Chicano Studies (FLC) (Fall 2019), ENGL 1120 - Composition II (Spring 2019), ENGL 1110 - Composition I (Fall 2018)
“Use It or Lose It” (February 2019) for Words for Charity website: wordsforcharity.org
“Use It or Lose It” (December 2018) for The Santa Fe Reporter: Vol. 45, Issue 49, Pg. 19
“Lunchtime in the North Valley” (June 2017) in All at Once I Saw My Colors. Z Publishing House. USA
“Slippery When Wet” (April 1998) in Fictions: Rio Rancho HS Literary Review. Pg. 24
“Make It Human” (July 2019) Blue Mesa Review website: www.bmr.unm.edu/blog
“Double Impostor Syndrome: Being of Color in an MFA Program” (November 2018) Blue Mesa Review website: www.bmr.unm.edu/blog
“For Halloween, Be Your Favorite Writer” (October 2016) Blue Mesa Review website: www.bmr.unm.edu/blog
“Puesta Kids Concerned About Vandalism Action” (April 1992) The Rio Rancho Observer, Page 14
"Share and Care Program a Success” (December 1990),
The Rio Rancho Observer, Page 12, APEX Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza (May 2020)
Transformar Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza (May 2020)
Compassionate Chronicles Grant, Words for Charity (June 2019)
Summa Academia Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza, UNM (May 2019)
3rd Place-Nonfiction Contest for “Use It or Lose It”
The Santa Fe Reporter (December 2018)
MFA Program Teacher’s Assistantship, University of New Mexico (August 2018-May 2021)
Creative Writing Workshop Instructor at Gordon Bernell Charter School, Creative Writing Workshop Instructor at Mark Armijo Charter School, Creative Writing Instructor at Metro Detention Center
Rudolfo Anaya Fellowship Award, UNM English Department (May 2021)
APEX Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza (May 2020)
Transformar Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza (May 2020)
Compassionate Chronicles Grant, Words for Charity (June 2019)
Summa Academia Fellowship Scholarship, El Centro de la Raza, UNM (May 2019)
3rd Place-Nonfiction Contest for “Use It or Lose It” The Santa Fe Reporter (December 2018)
MFA Program Teacher’s Assistantship , University of New Mexico (August 2018-May 2021)
Dean’s List of Honorable GPAs, The University of New Mexico (May 2017)
Dean’s List of Honorable GPAs, The University of New Mexico (December 2017)
Dean’s List of Honorable GPAs, The University of New Mexico (May 2016)
